Export Data to Windows® Live Mail

How to export data from Microsoft Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail. Discuss points to keep in mind while exporting data.

Using Windows Live Mail you can access all your data using any computer with Internet connection. Windows Live Mail is an e-mail client program which stores e-mails in your computer. It allows you to go through your mails, compose mails, without Internet connection. Anyhow to download mails and to send e-mails you need active net connection. Microsoft Outlook Express is also an e-mail client which contains all e-mails, contacts, tasks and calendar in it. By exporting data from Microsoft Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail you can work with ease, since you can find all the required data like contacts and e-mails in Windows Live Mail itself. The process of exporting data is also easy and hence it can be done quickly.

Following are the methods for exporting data from Microsoft Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail:

From Microsoft Outlook Express

To Windows Live mail

Points to keep in mind

From Microsoft Outlook Express

Usually, Microsoft Outlook Express messages are hidden in the computer. To view these hidden folders, you need to click on 'Start' button and then click on Control Panel. Now you need to click on 'Folder' option of 'Appearance and Themes' option. In the 'View' tab under 'hidden files and folders' option, click on 'show hidden files' option. After finding the folder named 'Outlook Express', copy all its contents (e-mails, contacts) to an external location like USB flash drive or external hard drive.

To Windows Live mail

After completing the copying process, you need to create an empty folder on the desktop and then open Windows Live Mail. In the file menu, you need to click on 'Export' option and then go for 'messages' option. Now, click on 'Microsoft Windows Live Mail' and then press 'Next' option. Next, you need to click on 'Browse' option and then navigate through the folder that you created on the desktop and click on 'select folder' option, followed by clicking on 'next'. In the next window, you need to click on 'All folders' option and then click on 'next'. Wait for the export to complete. Finally, click on 'Finish' option to complete the export process.

Points to keep in mind

If the Operating System is installed on any other hard drive other than C drive, then you need to use that drive letter to search for Microsoft Outlook Express folder instead of letter C. Next point you need to keep in mind is that Microsoft Outlook Express has a feature of storing all different files in a single folder whereas Windows Live Mail cannot accept all the files individually, so you need to keep in mind to export the entire Microsoft Outlook Express folder together.

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